ignominious

ig·no·min·i·ous  (gn-mn-s)

adj.

1. Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Angus Deming).

2. Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

3. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).

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igno·mini·ous·ly adv.

igno·mini·ous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ignominious - (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" inglorious, shameful, opprobrious, disgraceful, black dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

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ignominious

adjective humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, sorry, scandalous, abject, despicable, mortifying, undignified, disreputable, dishonourable, inglorious, discreditable, indecorous Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
worthy, honourable, reputable, creditable

Translations

ignominious [ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs] ADJ [act, behaviour] → ignominioso, oprobioso; [defeat] → vergonzoso

ignominious [ˌɪgnəˈmɪniəs] adj [defeat, retreat] → ignominieux/euse

ignominious

adj → schmachvoll; (= humiliating) → entwürdigend; defeat → schmachvoll, schmählich; behaviour → schändlich, unehrenhaft; to come to an ignominious end → ein schmachvolles Ende finden

ignominious [ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs] adj → vergognoso/a, ignominioso/a

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ignominious [ˌɪgnəˈmɪnɪəs] adj → vergognoso/a, ignominioso/a